Cyclura pinguis (stout iguana) genome, rCycPin1, sequence data

Stout iguana (Cyclura pinguis) is a critically endangered species of lizard of the genus Cyclura belonging to the family Iguanidae. The species can be found exclusively in Anegada and Guana islands of the British Virgin Islands. Historically, it inhabited the islands of Puerto Rico and Saint Thomas; however, the animal's original range has been greatly diminished over prehistory (from Wikipedia). This sample was collected from an adult male born in the San Diego Zoo, coordinated by Oliver Ryder and Cynthia Steiner, and used to create at high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genomes Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Olivier Fedrigo and Erich D. Jarvis, with funding support from HHMI.

粗壮鬣蜥（Cyclura pinguis）是鬣蜥科（Iguanidae）脊冠鬣蜥属（Cyclura）的极危蜥蜴物种。该物种仅分布于英属维尔京群岛的安加达岛与瓜纳岛。历史上，其曾栖息于波多黎各岛与圣托马斯岛，但该物种的原始分布范围在史前时期已大幅缩减（资料来源：维基百科）。本次研究的样本采集自圣地亚哥动物园出生的一只成年雄性个体，由奥利弗·赖德（Oliver Ryder）与辛西娅·施泰纳（Cynthia Steiner）统筹协调，用于为脊椎动物基因组计划（Vertebrate Genomes Project, VGP）构建高质量参考基因组。测序及基因组组装工作由洛克菲勒大学脊椎动物基因组实验室（Vertebrate Genomes Lab, VGL）完成，由奥利维耶·费德里戈（Olivier Fedrigo）与埃里希·D·贾维斯（Erich D. Jarvis）牵头，并获得了霍华德·休斯医学研究所（HHMI）的资金支持。